Claudia Roden pretty much wrote the book on Middle East Cuisine. She has reached celebrity status….which I’m not sure is a good thing, but it does mean something when she’s been thinking about Middle Eastern food for over 40 years. Waitrose.com has a good article by Roden where she describes the region and food a bit. It also has recipes as well. The last 2 years I’ve been really fascinated by food for some reason, and while you hear a lot about Asian food and Mexican Food, you hardly hear about Middle East, so I was pleased to see a master describe what it’s like to be in the mix of it.

Often found in Santorini, Greece.  Tomatokeftedes are tomato balls with onion, zucchini, pepper, paprika, eggs, covered in flour and fried.  It’s basically like a tomato meatball with a light coat of breading.  Fairly easy to make, as the ingredients aren’t all that hard to find.  You can get the recipe from a favorite site of mine, Greek-recipes.com.